Chapter 801 - 801: Reversing the Future, Global Strategic Defense Security Bureau
Chapter 801 - 801: Reversing the Future, Global Strategic Defense Security Bureau
Wang Linchi opened his eyes and found himself seemingly in a strange area.The place was entirely cast from steel, mixed with some special material, and besides, there were no tables, chairs, or anything else. It was empty, nothing at all.
More importantly, his body seemed not to be in the present?
'Past or present?'
He suspected that his body was already in the process of ascending to infinity, and he seemed to be some sort of coordinate anchor, or rather, just a part of an experiment, either in the past or present, due to some kind of experiment he himself in the future had set up.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation represent time, the Three Thousand Worlds represent space, and the current point being conducted is the ultimate infinity of the experiment.
"So, what am I supposed to do?" Wang Linchi felt the things in his body, there was nothing, empty, just an ordinary appearance, without any traces.
"Interesting." Wang Linchi suddenly realized that he seemed to have to do something.
No goal, that was the biggest goal.
He had always been pursued by apocalypse and death, now without these two concerns, so what he had to do, of course, was to become a man of the country.
The premise is that he must have sufficient strength.
He stirred up a small ripple for himself in history.
"Is anyone here?" Wang Linchi shouted a sentence, thinking that he began his journey so unfavorably, he might die on the spot, which was simply... great.
To die directly, that would complete the task directly.
Wang Linchi's call did not receive a response, which was also within reason. He didn't know what kind of mess he had caused in the future, which led to him being locked in such a steel cage.
This cage, let alone holding him, could even hold a T-Rex without any problem.
"So how should I break this situation?" Wang Linchi sat down and, after thinking for a moment, just lay down.
"Since it has come to this, let's sleep first."
He had a big heart, plus this was not his real body, and there were a series of things he couldn't understand. After he woke up, maybe he would understand those things he couldn't now.
Wang Linchi actually noticed one thing, that he did not replace anyone, but rather he directly traveled here in his original form.
Even the originally set cheat did not accompany him.
As for more, he could not think of anything. His current physical condition was not even as good as when he awakened his Soul Resemblance in those years.
It should be noted that in the nine years before he awakened his Soul Resemblance, he had been training his body hard, unlike now, just in average condition. He wouldn't collapse from walking two steps, but couldn't reach Bolt's level.
To let such a flesh-and-blood body solve steel, he could only wash up and sleep.
I don't care how hard the ground is; for him, it wasn't much of a problem, as he had slept through even harsher conditions.
...
"He's asleep." A young man observed the steel-constructed room through a pinhole camera, a large number of technological devices monitoring Wang Linchi.
"Are you sure this not-so-smart-looking young man is the root of the world's destruction?" Security Bureau Director Changsun Shi's expression carried doubt.
This was the Global Strategic Defense Security Bureau, and their task was to uphold the "Three Nos" principle of not leaking, not expanding, and not endangering superpowers.
All the members here were Metahumans, who thwarted ancient evils and defeated Alien Invaders, thus safeguarding the safety of their world.
The young man in front, named Changsun Zhong, claimed to be his grandson, returned from the future.
As for questioning the future events, Changsun Zhong dared not reveal them, merely stating: Once discussing or even thinking about It, the other party would manifest from words and memories in an inconceivable manner.
Initially, Changsun Shi certainly didn't believe it until the other party provided proof: an iron sword badge stained with blood, imprinted with the essence passed down from him, his son, and Changsun Zhong.
Of course, the most crucial part was that they underwent a blood relationship test, confirming them as grandfather and grandson.
And when the other party recounted a series of his unknown past, he accepted the fact that his grandson had come from the future.
"It's him. If we hadn't taken the initiative and captured him first, you wouldn't have the chance to sit here and chat with me but would be facing the bizarre entity called Ghost Gate." Changsun Zhong's face didn't look very good, evidently remorseful.
"Ghost Gate? What is that?" Changsun Shi asked curiously.
"It's a kind of strong quantum entanglement state, formed by thought activation..." Changsun Zhong said.
"Wait, explain it simply, I'm not clear on this entanglement state or thought activation stuff," said Changsun Shi, getting a headache from this computer-like information, not understanding at all.
"Well, since we captured the subject, we don't have to worry about the subject creating the Ghost Gate anymore," Changsun Zhong did not simplify the explanation.
"What should we do? Directly kill the subject?" Changsun Shi was a bit puzzled, logically speaking, knowing the subject was the root meant the subject must be eliminated.
"No, It has already encompassed our timeline in the future. If we kill the subject, it won't remove the crisis; rather, it will cause a new distortion in the timeline, most classically represented by the time traveler." Changsun Zhong immediately rejected this method.
"We constructed a time firewall in the future and engaged It using high-dimensional quantum states through Its nonhuman curiosity, tripping Its steps in the process."
"Otherwise, my reversal of the future would surely fail." Changsun Zhong said a bunch of things that Changsun Shi couldn't effectively understand.
He wanted to ask if future Metahumans were all this formidable. What on earth were a time firewall and high-dimensional quantum state? This was just too absurd.
Current Metahumans, to put it mildly, mostly just toss fireballs or charge in with iron bodies, so how did these future superpowers awaken?
"Then what should we do?" Changsun Shi asked.
If killing wasn't an option, they couldn't just keep the subject imprisoned.
This situation indeed posed a challenge to Changsun Zhong, as the person before them was just a thought of It, yet still very crucial.
But when it came down to it, it wasn't overly important, just a thought, and such things were numerous.
"We need to study him!" Changsun Zhong gritted his teeth and said.
Know Self, Know Other, and win every battle.
"What do you mean? DNA test results show the subject is just a human." Changsun Shi couldn't understand, as the subject had no special traits, not even superpowers.
What could possibly be studied?
"He and It are entirely similar in personality, thought, and logic. We cannot defeat the subject with power; we can only form enough understanding on the thought level to find the subject's weakness, thereby driving It entirely from our world," Changsun Zhong said.
Being powerful was certainly impossible; It already lay upstream of the entire timeline, having encompassed everything. The final victory isn't in the past and present but in the future.
"Huh?" Changsun Shi couldn't understand what his grandson was talking about, but he understood one thing: in the future, they face some high-dimensional existence comparable to the Supreme God.
"Well then, I'll go with your judgment." Changsun Shi trusted the subject not just because the subject was his grandson but also because of the subject's powerful superpower.
X-level Superpower: Spacetime Adaptor, with an extremely strong affinity for time and space. It was precisely because he had this superpower, rated as unknown level, that he could reverse the future and return to the past, called the present.
But when it came to how this superpower was awakened, Changsun Zhong remained silent, as if it involved some terrifying past, perhaps even related to his grandfather.
As for what X-level is, it was a new level appearing in the future; the current superpower levels ranged from F to SSS as mainstream.
"Is anyone there? I'm hungry; bring me something to eat."
From the surveillance came Wang Linchi's voice. He had woken up, which puzzled the grandparent duo. It hadn't even been ten minutes, had it?
Was he already awake? Or was there some kind of conspiracy?
"Should we send him food?" Changsun Shi asked.
"Send it!" Changsun Zhong understood that since killing wasn't an option, neither was avoiding him, and they would have to engage with him directly.
To win, one must pay a price. At this moment, retreat wasn't an option. He wasn't just saving himself, but everything in the world.
"All the food must be..." Changsun Zhong instructed cautiously, for dealing with Its thought required utmost caution.
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